Languages of Origin

Etymology

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]). Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Notes

This term is more common among Orthodox Jews. The phrase meaning "may she rest in peace" is עליה השלום aléha hashalóm/ole(ha)shólem; "may they rest in peace" is עליהם השלום alehém hashalóm/aléyem-hashólem.

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